Palouse to narrow list of water plan applicants

The town of Palouse is weeks away from hiring an engineer to develop the town’s comprehensive water system plan.

The town is looking to put together an extensive water system plan that would map out city water structure, pinpoint future city water projects and detail past projects.

Water and sewer committee member Connie Newman said the committee will boil down a list of 20 to 30 engineers to three to five finalists. The committee will make a final selection within six weeks.

The high end of estimates for the project cost is $50,000, Newman said. Part of the funding will come from a recently i...